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CBC News

Emily Ainsworth, who is autistic, relies on her service dog Levi to help her get around.

Store Apologizes After Kicking Out a Girl and Her Service Dog When 9-year-old Emily Ainsworth, who is autistic, visited a chain store in Canada last July with her service dog, she was told the dog wasn’t allowed in the store. The Winners chain apologized and gave her a gift card to come back — but when she did so last week, Emily was asked to leave again. Now Winners will donate $10,000 to a charity of her choice. Emily’s mother says the money will be used to train a service dog for another autistic child. — Read it at CBC News

High-Profile Reunions Increase the Demand for Microchipping

In the time since Willow the cat was found in New York after disappearing from her Colorado home, and Petey the dog returned home to Tennessee after being found in Michigan, microchipping of pets has skyrocketed by 185 percent. — Read it at Reuters

Shelter Pets Get Glam Makeovers at Photo Shoots — Along With New Homes

Lights, camera, action! Professional photographers have been helping shelter animals find homes by taking photos of them that better show off their personalities. Some dogs and cats have been photographed at shelters, while other photographers have taken the animals to their studios for glamour shots, where they don pearls and bows. — See before-and-after photos at Today

A Colorado Base Honors a Fallen Soldier and His Dog

A dog park at the Fort Carson army base in Colorado was dedicated last week to Army Cpl. Kory Wiens and his yellow Lab, Sgt. Cooper. Both were killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq in 2007. — Read it at KRDO